However, there is an outside chance the dugongs are inhabitants of waters off northern Luzon Island in the Philippines that migrated to the Ryukyu Islands on the back of the Kuroshio current ...

Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred rat. These animals are hard to observe, but conservationists ...

However, Beijing has long disputed the notion that the Diaoyus were part of the Ryukyu kingdom ... which rejected the map. The islands are currently under Japan's control, but Beijing has stepped ...

Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred rat. These animals are hard to observe, but conservationists ...